Security News > 2017 > March > Security Vulnerabilities in Mobile MAC Randomization (Schneier on Security)
2017-03-20 10:05
Interesting research: "A Study of MAC Address Randomization in Mobile Devices When it Fails": Abstract: Media Access Control (MAC) address randomization is a privacy technique whereby mobile devices rotate through random hardware addresses in order to prevent observers from singling out their traffic or physical location from other nearby devices. Adoption of this technology, however, has been sporadic and varied...
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